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J. E. COTTON. Lawn Settee.

No; 233,732. Patented Oct. 26, 1880.

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NHED TATES JOHN E. COTTON, OF FAIRFIELD, MAINE.

LAWN-SETTEE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,732, dated October 26, 1880.

Application filed November 20, 1879.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN E. Oo'rroN, of Fairfield, in the county of Somerset and State of Maine,- have invented a new and useful Iniprovement in Lawn-Settees, of which the following is as true and clear a specification as I am able to make.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the present device, parts of the seat being broken away to show some of the details of the construction of the settee. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same device; Fig. 3, side elevation, showing the settee folded.

This device belongs to that class of settees which are designed to fold up for convenience in moving or packing; and the novelty consists in the peculiar details of the construction and combination of the several parts, whereby simplicity in structure, cheapness, strength, and durability are in a very large degree obtained, all as will now be more fully set out and explained.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes the back of the settee, which is jointed on each side, at c, to the rear upper end of the crossleg C. These cross-legs O O are jointed together near their middle at c, and there is one pair of these on each side of the settee.

To the upper front ends of the cross-legs C are jointed, at c, the front ends of the side bar, I), of the seat B, so that the seat may be turned up on thejoint c, as now indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, when it is desired to fold up the settee.

The seat B is preferably made of slats fixed at their ends on these side bars, b, and so as to be a little dishing in the shape from front to rear. The rear free ends of the side bars, I), rest, when the settee is in use, on the horizontal bar a, which extends from side to side of the back A.

On each side, in the upper face of cross-leg G, near'its foot, as atm, is a notch, into which the sloping lower ends or feet of the vertical side bars of the back A can be engaged, so as to lock the back and legs and give firmness to all the parts. i

The back may also, if desired, have crossbars from side to side to strengthen it, or for beauty of finish; likewise rods from side to side, to connect the cross-bars on the two ends.

To fold the settee, it is only necessary to take hold of the rear edge of the seat and swing it into a vertical position, when an upward pressure on the rear top ends of the cross bars 0 will serve to throw the feet of the side pieces of the back out of their sockets at 00 on U, and then, the cross-legs being folded on each other, the back A will come fiat against the under side of the seat in this shape the settee can be easily carried about or packed for transportation.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 consider new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The folding settee herein described, consisting of the back A, pivoted to the cross-legs G at their rear upper ends, and seat B, pivoted through its side bars, I), at the front to the upper ends of cross-legs G, the rear ends of bars I) being free and adapted to rest on the bar a of the back when the settee is in use, the several parts to be locked. together in position by the sloping feet of the side bars of the back engaging in the notches w of the cross-legs G, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

JOHN E. COTTON. 

